On a system without Python 't/py-compile-usage' fails with:
+ ./py-compile --help
+ cat stdout
py-compile: Invalid python executable (according to -V): python
py-compile: Python support disabled
+ test -s stderr
+ grep '^Usage: py-compile .' stdout
+ am_exit_trap 1
+ exit_status=1
This occurs after the following commit:
commit 0ea7ef97493cd88da915d1936e04a6ace5c754d8
Author: Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org>
Date: Sun Feb 9 09:36:24 2025 -0800
python: restore more compatible behavior for $PYTHON.
For https://bugs.gnu.org/74434.
* lib/py-compile: if $PYTHON -V does not include the
string "python" (case-insensitive), consider the support
intentionally disabled and exit successfully, unless PYTHON is set
to false, in which case exit unsuccessfully. This is closer to
the old behavior. Mention this in the help message.
* t/py-compile-env.sh: add test for PYTHON=:.
* NEWS: mention this. (And, en passant, add some past bug#s and
clarify that only RCS/SCCS pattern rules were disabled, not all.)
Simple 1 line fix attached. :)
Collin
>From 5f9001d17fa17088468b650a26a6f876dcdca161 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-ID: <5f9001d17fa17088468b650a26a6f876dcdca161.1747803682.git.collin.fu...@gmail.com>
From: Collin Funk <collin.fu...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 22:00:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test: Skip a test that fails without python enabled.
* t/py-compile-usage.sh: Add 'required=python' before sourcing test-init.sh.
---
t/py-compile-usage.sh | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/t/py-compile-usage.sh b/t/py-compile-usage.sh
index 0251a76a8..32dc44109 100644
--- a/t/py-compile-usage.sh
+++ b/t/py-compile-usage.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
# Test 'py-compile --help', 'py-compile --version', and that 'py-compile'
# correctly complains on wrong usage.
+required=python
. test-init.sh
cp "$am_scriptdir/py-compile" . \
--
2.49.0
